jordop
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Dunno if you all south of the line got hit by a week-long inversion like Vantown did, but a good bit of alpine water ice fell down/rotted out anyways, so the 3000m freezing level is only the icing on the gâteau.
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What I find so fascinating is how this has recently come to such prominence all of a sudden, despite the "issue" being a minor, lingering story for years. After Kyoto was tossed around and tossed out, why is it now such a critical point on both sides of the border so that it now easily trumps national security as the "big deal". These things snowball in such brutal and magical ways . . .
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Firckin rad. Especailly the cotton tshirt in january.
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Yah! Go get that mofo!
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Almost had an epic, toproping my buddy on Shreddy, noted one of the ropes was
getting icy. We'd put a directional to keep the climber out of the wet but
the other side of the rope was in the wet. Decided I could pull up our third
rope if it got too iced before I needed to rap. It seemed ok, NOT. the rope
was iced in spots, the REI gloves got iced from the climb and started
slipping on rapel. Wound the rope around my arm and ripped the shell off,
luckily the liner glove was dry and got traction. All the while free hanging
at 120'. big sigh back on the ground. The rope is pretty new dry. Just a bad
combo of conditions.
May I suggest:
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I remember driving hwy 93 south of the MT line somewhere in ID between salmon and challis maybe and driving through a big canyon. Does anything ever form up there or is this some famous place I don't know about cause I'm a total n00b about ice in those parts?
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NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
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yeah, but the extensive glaciation makes up for the patahucchi brahs!
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"CAN SOMEONE HELP ME I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN MY CAR!!!!"
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the BCMC crew who winter-camped at the parking spot
Not a bad "Pilsner" either, altho it poured to fast, had too little head, and came in the wrong kind of glass to be a 'real' Pils.Water's too sofft, too
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Sobriety is aid you godamnned holodecker.
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gorgeous! and not to get into oneupmanship, but please tell me you guys pulled the column above the leader rather than ambling up the ramp to the left...
cheers,
Steve tried hard to get the pillar section to go, but couldn't get committed: ice is pretty white and airy there. Still, the "rambly" thing on the left was actually pretty awkward - steeper than it looked!
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That was the plan but it was so warm we were belaying in tshirts. Thoes icicles were coming off pretty bad, wiping out the skis, etc. Very nice potential though with good edges and sidepulls . . . extended TR sessions off bollards are fun, too
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You nailed him, Coach, in the fucking head. - Right in his mind.
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You can also google their name and often find some information.
Yeah but you can also put some windowlicker's name in and get a reputable person by mistake
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Trip: Mt Seymour Ice -
Date: 1/13/2007
Trip Report:
Stemalot and I climbed a nice bit on the east face of the First Peak on Seymour on Sat. About 10 mins from top of lift. All this stuff was done back in the 70s, but I haven't heard of anyone doing this one lately. I think this is right above the ice climbed by Ian Bennet et al a few weeks ago: http://www.westcoastice.com/Page90.aspx
So I guess you could get 2 pitches of ice in right now pretty damn close to home. Should stay good to go this week. No anchors at top - belay off tied-off facets and surface hoar.
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50-100 yards or whatever it is to the right or left, or that much higher, and the plane would have cleared the only peak in the vicinity of that altitude
If they cleared that summit of Slesse they would have hit one of the Border Peaks unless they managed to bank hard north up Tamihi, but that's too much like talking about Mt. Hood
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i ate the full tomahawk mixed grill today
9 pc "yukon" back bacon
hamburger patty
sausage
mushrooms
4 Yukon toast
fried onion
cheese
two eggs
garden salad
hashbrowns
i think it's like 5,000 or 6,000 calories
and 4 cups of coffee
Best thing to do after eating breakfast at the Tomahawk is to then go to Honey's Donuts in Deep Cove and have like 3 or 4 of their so-called "donuts", which are basically the size of softballs. I did this once and I think it took a few years off my life like when they stuck that guy on that torture machine in The Princess Bride
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I don't think Bush should be allowed to use words he doesn't know the meaning of on national TV. It's just cruel, like when you were 12 and you made your little brother say "fuck".
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I only go for a First Winter Ascent (FWA) if the contours are overhanging. I scope this in the maproom before I head out.
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Maybe you should just quit climbing cause climbing sucks anyway.
[TR] Chilliwack Valley - Bah, another failure 2/3/2007
in British Columbia/Canada
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You guys just weren't trying hard enough, that's all